On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Dennis, > > On Jul 16, 2012, at 11:57 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > > > I suggest that one not be so careless about asserting ASF copyright on > third party materials. > > > > Why does this meme persist? > > > > Please consult Legal before doing anything so outrageous. > > You cc'd legal-discuss while cutting out much of this whole email > completely destroying all context. (Please cc: ooo-dev since not all of us > are going to subscribe to the list to participate in this discussion.) > > Context: > > IANAL, but I believe that the whole webpage with the project's own banner, > footer and navigation can be copyright The ASF whether or not all content > in between those elements may have another copyright or none. > > Often we don't know the copyright because Sun and Oracle did not keep > these records together - there is a list of copyright holders but no way of > knowing if their material is still in the site or not. > > We believe that we have implied consent to use all the material from > Oracle that is on www.openoffice.org and related domains. > > Dennis thinks it is outrageous to have an ASF copyright on these combined > web pages, what does legal-discuss think? > > If this should be or already is a LEGAL JIRA issue then I am fine > discussing it there. > > Regards, > Dave > Dave -- This was discussed with legal in the past -- please see https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-104 > > > > > - Dennis > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dave Fisher [mailto:dave2w...@comcast.net] > > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 11:01 > > To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Terms of Service on Forums > > > > > > On Jul 16, 2012, at 10:45 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > > > > [ ... ] > > > >> I still think that we should just post an ASF copyright notice, and > >> link to privacy and trademark policies. > > > > Agreed. > > > > Regards, > > Dave > > > > [ ... ] > > > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "I would rather have a donkey that takes me there than a horse that will not fare." -- Portuguese proverb
